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"The Rivals" (possibly called "Bob Acres") - The first is the apartments of Bob Acres. The other the Duel Scene in Mead Fields. Sydney Drew plays the simple minded Bob Acres, Mr. Barrymore is Sir Lucius O'Trigger.
Putting "The Rivals" together seems to have been a mistake, judging from the way the piece is received. The first scene is slow, and the audience accepted it just as slowly. A vaudeville audience waits for nothing so as a result the curtain silently fell on the first scene notwithstanding the dialogue of old time wit indulged in by Drew and Barrymore. In the duel scene there were a few scattered laughs, but not enough to pull the whole act through.
Barrymore is convincing enough, especially as an Irishman, but the two are not successful for vaudeville.
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Variety 24:2 (09/16/1911)